Anaconda & Imperial Cutter as Fighter Platforms vs. Bounty Hunting

[Belphegorn]

Hi,

Two of my friends have recently started playing ED and we are looking to grind some $$$ together doing Bounty Hunting with Fighters. I own an Anaconda and Imperial Cutter but playing alone I have never actually considered arming any of those ships towards BH. Could you suggest which ship of the two would be a better Fighter Launch platform and possibly hint any builds?

Thank you in advance!

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Grinding money using fighters is slow.

There's a limit to how much your crew can get per kill, so you're better off just taking them bounty hunting in their own ships. Bounties in wings are now paid out in full to all in the wing, rather than divided up.

Just invite your friends to a HAZ Res, keep them safe until the targets are nearly dead, then let them let rip.

Just don't get them in over their heads, and let them dock regularly to cash in, losing a few mil is still a massive blow to a newbie.

Fly safe!

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[Sylow]

Both do the job just fine. It's a decission of style or personal preference. So in terms of style, it's the Cutter of course.
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Anyway, combat with humans in SLFs is big fun, but there's one painful issue: it doesn't work at CGs. For the bounty hunting community goals you need to deliver vouchers to the stations to contribute. But anybody who joined your crew in the end directly gets the cash and no vouchers. Only the owner of the ship can get contribution, the rest looses out.
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It would be nice if FD would fix this, e.g. by giving you the choice at the end of the multiplayer session, if you want the money or rather have the vouchers. But as long as that's not done, and i consider it unlikely to happen, if you plan to do community goals with your friends, everybody has to bring his or her own ship.
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That all being said, as long as it's "random" bounty hunting without going for community goals, i would say that you just pick the ship you prefer and put on the weapons you prefer. Don't go for turrets and ignore the gunnery role. That one is not much fun, while fighters are awesome. It really boils down to personal preference, which means i'd advise to pick ship and weapons based on your taste.
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